Good Old Heartbreak!

By Pritha Biswas

I’d never forgive you for the pain you cause,

There’s a hurricane turmoiling in my heart and I feel a pain so acute,

Feels like it’s shattering my ribcages, there’s a mountain of weight

I carry on my chest every day.

Why’d you leave? You said you loved me, but you don’t.

You have never. It was all a game.

My prayers, my worships,

Was it all in vain?

Ah! What a thrill to know,

That I’ve been betrayed.

Such a whore you are, keep your promises to yourself,

Lies and deception, mama’s ‘good boy’!

If only I knew the man I loved,

Is a ghost, a vampire of a lover

Who sucked life out of me and tossed me

Like a burnt-out cigarette.

But it is you, not I, who should perish

For all the deeds you done,

I am burning in the shower of agony,

Craving for a love so long, staring at the clock.

It is an art. I’m waiting for my turn.

By Pritha Biswas